KAMALIKA PIERIS After the end of the Eelam war, something new was introduced to the Sinhala-Buddhist arena, the   Worship of Ravana. Ravana worship has been introduced to Sri Lanka in the post-war period, without much fanfare. This is not the Ramayana Ravana this is Sri Lanka’s very own Ravana, sans Sita. The west tried to […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The newly renovated Dambulla Primary Vidyalaya was vested in the students during a ceremony held at the school premises yesterday (Jul 22). The school was renovated with technical and labour provided by the Sri Lanka Air Force (SLAF) and was vested on the student by State Minister of Defence […]

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VFM RADIO 107 ප්‍රතම වතාවට ආණ්ඩුවයි විපක්ෂයයි එක් වෙයි ලාල්කාන්තගේ හඬ පට ලීක් කරයි හරිනිට වට කරලා ගහයි ජවිපෙ අමුවෙන්ම නාගනි… අනුරට ඇඩ්‍රස් නෑ…

උපුටා ගැන්ම  ලංකා ලීඩර් ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ ඇතැම් නායකයන්, මාධ්‍යවේදීන් අරභයා සිදුකරනු ලබන “ෆැසිස්ට් පන්නයේ ප්‍රකාශ” දැඩි පිළිකුලෙන් යුතුව හෙළා දකින බව ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ දේශපාලන මණ්ඩලය පවසයි.  ජාතික නිදහස් පෙරමුණේ දේශපාලන මණ්ඩලය නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් මෙසේ ද සඳහන් කරයි, “ඉදිරි මැතිවරණයකදී බලය තමුන් සතුවේ යැයි සිතා ජාතික ජන බලවේගයේ ඇතැම් නායකයන්, මාධ්‍යවේදීන් අරභයා සිදුකරනු […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS Deborah de Koning’s doctoral research was on Ravana in post war Sri Lanka. The title of her thesis is: Ravanisation: The Revitalisation of Ravana among Sinhalese Buddhists in Post-War Sri Lanka. The thesis is published online under the title: The Many Faces of Ravana (2021). The full text is available at https://pure.uvt.nl/ws/portalfiles/portal/59020919/De_Koning_The_Many_15_12_2021_incl_kaft.pdf Deborah […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre The outgoing Defence Attaché of the Embassy of Switzerland in Colombo, Colonel Francois Garraux made his farewell call to the Defence Secretary General Kamal Gunaratne at the Defence Headquarters Complex in Sri Jayawardenepura, Kotte today (Jul 22). The outgoing Defence Attaché was accompanied by the Deputy Ambassador H.E. Olivier […]

Prime Minister’s Media Division * Even at the time Western colonists came to this country, we were a developed nation in every way… * We were a developed nation at the time we had to surrender… * We were the first nation to defeat the imperialists… it was by Kings Mayadunne and Rajasingha of Sithawaka… […]

Ministry of Defence  – Media Centre State Minister of Defence Hon. Premitha Bandara Tennakoon today morning (July 21) graced the launching ceremony of the Project of City Campus of Technology – Dambulla which will be the latest addition to General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University (KDU). Hon. Janaka Bandara Tennakoon, Member of Parliament and the […]

 CHATURANGA PRADEEP SAMARAWICKRAMA  Courtesy The Daily Mirror Colombo, July 22 (Daily Mirror) – Considering their speeches on political stages about the Easter Sunday bomb attacks, all these political leaders should be in prison and have no moral right to preach or talk about the incident, Bodu Bala Sena (BBS) General Secretary Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera […]

Courtesy Hiru News The signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the provision of interest-free loans to agribusiness entrepreneurs and farmers under the first phase of the Agriculture Modernization Program took place today (22) at the Presidential Secretariat. The MoUs were signed between the Bank of Ceylon, the Regional Development Bank who are the […]

e-Con e-News blog: eesrilanka.wordpress.com ‘Before you study the economics, study the economists!’ e-Con e-News 14-20 July 2024 * In 1504, Portuguese king Dom Manoel issued a decree forbidding the insertion on maps of any routes beyond the Congo, and had any references to these routes erased on all maps drawn even prior to that. Portugal invaded Sri Lanka in […]

New Money The Congressional Budget Office has admitted that the US national debt cannot be repaid. So what’s the solution from the US Government and Federal Reserve, will this weigh on the election, and what will the result be for the stock market?

The Homeless Romantic Ben Norton of Geopolitical Economy wrote an article that discusses the misleading accusations against China for Sri Lanka’s debt crises and economic instability. Contrary to popular belief, 81% of Sri Lanka’s external debt is owed to Western financial institutions and allies, while China holds only 10%. The West’s accusations are criticized as […]

Dilrook Kannangara Sri Lanka is doomed under Ranil’s foolish gimmicks that are kept hidden from locals. However, an influential expert group has pointed out the real horror of Sri Lanka’s so-called debt restructure. All that Ranil has done is pile up more and more debt since late 2022 and postponed the repayment of loans and […]

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Shenali D Waduge Many have wondered where the figure of 40,000 emerged & why it has been extensively quoted by entities who were not even in Sri Lanka & in particular why the figure was included into the Darusman Report, a personally commissioned panel by the UNSG whose report was intentionally leaked & became the […]

Raj Gonsalkorale Democracy must fall because it will try to tailor to everyone: “The poor will want the wealth of the rich, and democracy will give it to them. “Young people will want to be respected as elderly, and democracy will give it to them. “Women will want to be like men, and democracy will […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS The Ramayana trail focused on Sita, the wife of Prince Rama of India and the heroine of the Ramayana. Sita is promoted in the Ramayana tourist trail of Sri Lanka, for political purposes, while pretending it is pilgrimage.  But the local culture has never been very interested in Sita.  Sri Lanka‘s attention is […]

KAMALIKA PIERIS This essay looks at some of the sites where Ravana   shrines have been set up. Most are in little known Buddhist sites, but there is one in Sigiriya.  Most people have accepted the Mahavamsa perception of Sigiriya as Kasyapa’s rock fortress said researcher Deborah de Koning. But having read Mirando Obeyesekere and Gananath […]

Courtesy The Indian Express The loss of livelihood and future prospects of the complainant’s wife were also taken into account Written by Anushka Khare The Delhi Consumer Commission earlier this month directed travel companies Thomas Cook and Red Apple Travel to pay Rs 1 crore as compensation to Yogesh Saigal for the death of his family members […]

By Tom Engelhardt Courtesy TomDispatch It’s not a happenstance or some sad mistake that, barring a surprise, Americans will go to the polls in November to vote for one of two distinctly ancient men, now 77 and 81, both of whom have clearly exhibited language and thought problems for a significant period of time. To put […]

Pathfinder Foundation’s Study Group Milinda Moragoda presented a copy of the Pathfinder Foundation’s Study Group Report On India-Sri Lanka Physical Connectivity to former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in Colombo. During his tenure in office, PM Morrison played a pivotal role in developing Australia’s relationship with the Indo-Pacific region in general, and India in particular.  […]

අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය මාධ්‍ය අංශය ශ්‍රී ලංකා නාමය ලොවට ගෙනයන අනාගත ක්‍රීඩක ක්‍රීඩිකාවන්ගේ ක්‍රීඩා කුසලතා ඔප් නංවන භූමියක් බවට නාවින්න පොදු ක්‍රීඩාංගනය නිසැකයෙන්ම පත්වනු ඇතැයි  අග්‍රාමාත්‍ය දිනේෂ් ගුණවර්ධන මහතා පැවසීය. අග්‍රාමාත්‍යවරයා මෙසේ පැවසුවේ නාවින්න පොදු ක්‍රීඩාංගනයේ පේක්ෂකාගාරයේ ඉදිකිරීම් ආරම්භ කිරීමේ අවස්ථාවට එක්වෙමිණි. පසුගිය කාලයේ ප්‍රදේශයේ අපද්‍රව්‍ය ඉවතලන ස්ථානයක් බවට පත්ව තිබූ මෙම භූමිය ප්‍රදේශවාසීන්ගේ ඉල්ලීම මත ක්‍රීඩා […]

Courtesy Adaderana President Ranil Wickremesinghe has emphasized that there should be no fear regarding the constitutional amendment. Furthermore, Wickremesinghe expressed that Sri Lanka is unique in maintaining democracy following universal suffrage the President’s Media Division (PMD) said in a statement. Moreover, the Head of the State added that he is dedicated to preserving this democratic […]

Sugath Kulatunga Director General EDB 1979 to 1987 It is very encouraging that all political leaders are today admitting that the only way to resolve the economic crisis is to increase exports. It is a national tragedy that the same politicians did not actively support the export drive launched by the Export Development Board (EDB) […]

LankaPropertyWeb Colombo, Sri Lanka – In 2023, overseas interest in Sri Lankan properties surged by 33% compared to the previous year, as reported in the Real Estate Market Outlook Report 2024 (REMOR24) by LankaPropertyWeb, the leading real estate portal in Sri Lanka. According to the report, the demand for residential apartments in Sri Lanka is […]

පාර්ලිමේන්තුවේ සභානායක කාර්යාලය ආණ්ඩුක්‍රම ව්‍යවස්ථාවේ 83(ආ) වගන්තිය සංශෝධනය කර, දැනට නීතියේ ඇතිවී තිබෙන හිඩැස වහාම නිවැරදි කළ යුතු බව, ම.එ.පෙ. නියෝජ්‍ය ලේකම් පා.ම. යදාමිණි ගුණවර්ධන මහතා කියා සිටියේය. පසුගිය සමයේ නීතියේ ඇතිවූ විශාල අඩුපාඩුවක් වන මෙය, පාර්ලිමේන්තුව තුළින් නිවැරදි විය යුතු බවද ඔහු අවධාරණය කළේය. මන්ත්‍රීවරයා මේ බව පැවසුවේ, ‘දෙසරැස’ සංවිධානය “රටේ අනාගතය හා අපේ […]

උපුටා ගැන්ම ලංකා සී නිව්ස් ජාතික ජන බලවේගය විසින් පිහිටන ආණ්ඩුවක් යටතේත් රාජ්‍ය ව්‍යාපෘති අරමුදලක් ආරම්භ කර ඒ සඳහා ඕනෑම පුද්ගලයකුට මුදල් ආයෝජනය කිරීමේ හැකියාව ඇති කරන බව එම පක්ෂයේ ජාතික විධායක සභික හිටපු පාර්ලිමේන්තු මන්ත‍්‍රී සුනිල් හඳුන්නෙත්ති මහතා පවසයි. මෙතෙක් ආර්ථික ක්‍රියාවලියට එක් නොවූ ජාතික ආර්ථිකයට දායක නොවූ උපයන ලද මුදල් ජනතාව සතුව ඇති […]

Courtesy IranWire Sri Lanka has made progress in paying its oil debt to Iran through a tea-for-oil agreement, Sri Lanka’s Tea Board Chairman Niraj De Mel said. De Mel reported that the country has paid $55 million out of its $250.9 million debt for oil purchases from Iran through tea exports. The debt payment process […]